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the wild in different habitats, in open phry-
gana and forest areas in a large part of Eu-
rope (Di Domenico
et al.,
2011) whereas boxes
are also economically important ornamental
species grown in nurseries, parks and pub-
lic and private gardens. The ornamental
Bux-
us
species and varieties met in Greece are
B.
sempervirens, B. sempervirens ‘Rotundifolia’, B.
microphylla
and
B. microphylla ‘Faulkner’
.
The adult of
C. perspectalis
has a wing-
span of 3.5-4 cm, which makes it a large spe-
Figure 4.
Mature larvae of
Cydalima perspectalis
on infestated
twigs of
Buxus sempervirens
.
Figure 3.
Infestation of
Buxus sempervirens
by
Cydalima perspectalis
in Kifissia, Attica, Greece.
